Soul and bluesman Jonny Lang headlines the House of Blues in Boston, and Rich Robinson's band is opening. Mark Cutler leads a reunion of '87 Rumble winners The Schemers at Nickanee's. The High Hopes Band lights up the C-Note in Hull. Midnight Ramblers rock The Beachcomber. Jazz/r&b vocalist Will Downing opens a weekend stay at Scullers. The Doghouse Crew rocks The Next Page. The Boston Soul Revue grooves at The Full Sail. Jazz singer Dayna Kurtz at The Narrows Center. Our Last Night is the band at The Paradise in Boston. Ryan & Roykopp headline the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion. A night devoted to the Pink Floyd album "The Dark Side of the Moon" at the Music Circus. Suzanne McNeil sings at The Jackson Square Tavern in Weymouth. The Strypes rock The Sinclair. She just did a stellar set at the Marshfield Fair last Sunday--catch Sarah Potenza at the Met Cafe. Blue Dog warms up the Chilihead BBQ in West Bridgewater. Jesse Hanson & the Foundation top the bill at The Middle East. Ireland is the band's name at Tinker's Son. Shotgun Still country-rocks Toby Keith's.

SATURDAY'S BEST

Lexington homeboy and romantic balladeer Matt Nathanson returns to headline the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion with co-star Gavin DeGraw (and that show is at the Cape Cod Melody Tent on Sunday night). Country ace Brad Paisley shakes up the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. The latest blues phenom, Selwyn Birchwood, arrives at the RegattaBar with veteran guitarslinger (and Jimi Hendrix pal) Guitar Shorty. The 6 p.m. concert series at The Soule Homestead in Middleboro has a good one in Amy Black. One of the region's longest-rocking outfits, Weymouth's Bald Walter, retires after one last blowout at their hometown Next Page Cafe. The Love Dogs swing into the C-Note. The 19th Annual North River Blues Festival, at the Marshfield Fair, kicks off with a 1-9 p.m. slate of superb music, including Plymouth's Delta Generators (4 p.m.), Rick Estrin & the Nightcats (5:30), and The Golden State Lone Star Revue (7:30). Munk Duane heats up Tinker's Son. The Beachcomber has a 2-7 p.m. all ages show topped by Black Irish; followed by an evening show topped by Porque I Said So. The Shed Inspectors take no prisoners at The Full Sail. The Macrotones get you dancing at Brighton Music Hall. Showcase Live in Foxboro still hosts occasional shows, including Boston alt-rock quartet We Were Astronauts tonight. Lights Out at Chilihead BBQ. Mike Stud is at the House of Blues. Charlie Worsham's country at Toby Keith's. 40 Below Summer tops the multi-band bill at the Middle East.

UPCOMING

Sunday sees the conclusion of the North River Blues Festival, with music from noon to 8 p.m., topped by the four-female powerhouse Diane Blue/Lydia Warren group (4 p.m.), Sugar Ray & the Bluetones (5:30), and Trampled Under Foot (6:30), and don't forget Quincy's own Sam Gentile & Basic Black, on the side stage all day long. Also Sunday, Barnstar hosts a 3 p.m. Boston Harbor Music Cruise; Motley Crue hits the Xfinity Center; Yanni is at Blue Hills Bank Pavilion; and, this is not an editorial comment, but Sleep is the act at House of Blues. Monday has some big ones: Drake, with Li'l Wayne, at the Xfinity Center; the Polyphonic Spree at Brighton Music Hall; and Titus Andronicus opens a two-night stand at The Middle East. Tuesday it is worth a trip to Atwood's Tavern in Cambridge for the Duke Levine Band. Wednesday catch Cheap Trick at the House of Blues; soul singer Janiva Magness at the RegattaBar; and jazz pianist Leslie Pintcher at Scullers. Further ahead, The Fresh Beat Band gets tween hearts thumping at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion on August 28; while the Narrows Center welcomes Raw Oyster Cult--a new act featuring three former Radiators and the singer from Papa Grows Funk. Comic Amy Schumer headlines the Cape Cod Melody Tent on Aug. 29. Tom Petty takes over Fenway Park, with opener Stevie Winwood, on Aug. 30. Ed Sheeran at Xfinity Center on September 9. Chartbuster Jason Mraz does two nights--Sept. 12&13--at the Wang Center in Boston. Folk giant Tom Rush at The River Club in Scituate on Sept. 14.